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Genetic screening for novel Drosophila mutants with discrepancies in iron metabolism.
Biochemical Society transactions - 1 Dec 2008
Mehta Anuja, Deshpande Abhyuday, Missirlis Fanis
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Ferritin, a symmetrical 24-subunit heteropolymer composed of heavy and light chains, is the primary iron-storage molecule in bacteria, plants and animals. We used a genetically engineered strain of the model organism Drosophila melanogaster which expresses a GFP (green fluorescent protein)-tagged...
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